Privacy laws like the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California
Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) have pushed internet firms processing personal data to …

Users' mental models influence secure and privacy-preserving behavior in a computing
environment. Prior studies on users' mental models of Internet, security tools, and digital …

Past research suggests that journalists can (unintentionally) exacerbate affective
polarization when reporting on growing levels of polarization in society. However, is there a …

Twitter, prompted by the rapid spread of alternative narratives, started actively warning users
about the spread of COVID-19 misinformation. This form of soft moderation comes in two …

This paper reports the findings of a 606-participant study analyzing the perception of, and
engagement with, COVID-19 vaccine rumors on efficacy and mass immunization effort on …

The use of QR codes for malicious purposes was rather limited in the pre-COVID-19 world.
That changed overnight, as the QR codes became a convenient go-between for sharing …

Communication tools with end-to-end (E2E) encryption help users maintain their privacy.
Although messengers like WhatsApp and Signal bring E2E encryption to a broad audience …

Warning users about suspicious emails usually happens through visual interventions such
as banners. Evidence from laboratory experiments shows that email banner warnings are …

Warning users about misinformation on social media is not a simple usability task. Soft
moderation has to balance between debunking falsehoods and avoiding moderation bias …

Security awareness is big business–virtually every organization in the Western world
provides some form of awareness or training, mostly bought from external vendors …